
Helminthology is the study of
parasitic worm
Parasitic worms, also known as helminths, are a polyphyletic group of large macroparasites; adults can generally be seen with the naked eye. Many are intestinal worms that are soil-transmitted and infect the gastrointestinal tract. Other par ...
s (helminths). The field studies the
taxonomy
image:Hierarchical clustering diagram.png, 280px, Generalized scheme of taxonomy
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of helminths and their effects on their
host
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Host may also refer to:
Places
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* Host Island, in the Wilhelm Archipelago, Antarctica
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s.
The origin of the first compound of the word is the Greek ''
ἕλμινς'' - helmins, meaning "worm".
In the 18th and early 19th century there was wave of publications on helminthology; this period has been described as the science's "Golden Era". During that period the authors
Félix Dujardin,
[ ] William Blaxland Benham,
Peter Simon Pallas
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Marcus Elieser Bloch
Marcus Elieser Bloch (1723–1799) was a German physician and naturalist who is best known for his contribution to ichthyology through his multi-volume catalog of plates illustrating the fishes of the world. Brought up in a Hebrew-speaking Jewish ...
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Otto Friedrich Müller
Otto Friedrich Müller, also known as Otto Friedrich Mueller (2 November 1730 – 26 December 1784) was a Denmark, Danish natural history, naturalist and scientific illustrator.
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Müller was born in Copenhagen. He was educated for the ch ...
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Johann Goeze,
Friedrich Zenker,
Charles Wardell Stiles
Charles Wardell Stiles (May 15, 1867 – January 24, 1941) was an American parasitology, parasitologist born in Spring Valley, New York. He was notable for working on a campaign against hookworm infestation in the American South, where it had bee ...
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Carl Asmund Rudolphi,
Otto Friedrich Bernhard von Linstow[ ]
and
Johann Gottfried Bremser started systematic scientific studies of the subject.
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The Japanese
parasitologist Satyu Yamaguti was one of the most active helminthologists of the 20th century; he wrote the six-volume ''Systema Helminthum''.
[Anonymous. 1983. Special edition: A list of papers by Dr. Satyu Yamaguti and his collaborators and a notice on their distribution. The Meguro Parasitological Museum News, 153 (58), 1-12]
PDF
Google Scholar: papers and books authored by Satyu Yamaguti and their citations
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See also
* Nematology
References
Subfields of zoology
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